Reflecting the variety of peoples in our world: different genders, sexual orientations, all forms of families, all abilities, all needs . SAINT LUKE’S THE CHURCH OF SAINT LUKE IN THE FIELDS THANKS TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS - They Keep The Fruit Fresh - Our Programs Made Possible in part with support from: Poets & Writers, The NY State Council on the Arts; The New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs, and The New York City Council of LGBT Arts COMMUNITY SUPPORT The LGBT Community Center, Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Nuyorican Poets and Culture Cafe, The Wild Project, the Jan Hus Church, Dixon Place, Gay Community News, and Sarah Lawrence Graduate Women’s History Program HELP & SUPPORT Pre-Festival Hon. Gale Brewer, Ellie Coven, Bill Crouch, Inez E. Dickens, Erin M. Drinkwater, Mary Foulke, Daniel Gallant, Hon. Daniel Garodnick, Hunter O’Hanian, Manny Igrejas, Developmental Reading Series Hon. Robert Jackson, Jerry Kajpust, Lisa Kaplan, Hon. Brian Kavanaugh, Hon. Liz Krueger, Hon. Jessica Lappin, Richard Larkin, Charles Leslie, Margaret Lundin, Paul Menard, Hon. Rosie Mendez, Bill Murray, Hon. Domenic Recchia, March 1, 8, 15 & 29, 2014 Robert J. Reicher, Esq., William Rollo, Rob Hugh Rosen, Carol Schachter, Tony Serrano, at The Church of Saint Luke in the Fields Ted Snowdon, the Rev. Caroline Stacey 487 Hudson Street, Greenwich Village, New York City ALL OUT ARTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Carol Polcovar, Keith Angora, Nick Curto, Rona Holub, Jeffrey G. Leeds, Michael Leleux, Janice “Cookie” Pemberton, Suellen Rubin BOARD OF ADVISERS: presented by Frank Calo, Dirk McCall, Jack Schlegel, Tom Smith, Adam Weinstock ALL OUT ARTS ALL OUT ARTS STAFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Louis Lopardi FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Carol Polcovar Our 12th Consecutive Season! DIRECTOR of PROGRAMMING: Dane Harrington Joseph PRE-FESTIVAL DEVELOPMENTAL READING SERIES Full Series: ll Saturday, March 1, 2014 – 3:00 P.M. Aut ”Milk For Mrs. Stone” by CHARLES GERSHMAN O Daniel is estranged from his widowed mother. When Addi, his uninsured part- rts “Fighting Prejudice Through The Arts” ner, is diagnosed with a treatable cancer and needs expensive surgery, Daniel A must turn to his mother for help. Can he negotiate his family’s haunting past Executive Director - Louis Lopardi and persuade his mother to save his partner’s life? Carol Polcovar - Founding Artistic Director Director of Programming - Dane Harrington Joseph * * * For The Reading Series - Keith Angora, Manager Saturday, March 8, 2014 – 3:00 P.M. For More Information on ALL our events “ Apples From Eve” by MARCUS YI Amanda Sawyer has been desperately searching for a kidnapped daughter, (and to Join our Mailing List) Eve, for the last 14 years. When a girl comes knocking at her door claiming to be Eve, Amanda is overjoyed but has many questions. Eve’s strange behavior www.FreshFruitFestival.Com soon sets off a string of events that take Amanda back to the very past she was Also Join Our trying to avoid. FACEBOOK GROUP: FreshFruitFestival * * * A Few Coming Events Saturday, March 15, 2014 – 3:00 P.M. Women, Poets, and the Fight for Equality “Making A Scene” by JACK G. HYMAN “Looking Back, Looking Forward; Towards an Empowered Future” Three British stars consent to perform in a less-than-stellar American play- A special Workshop with 4 female authors, and a truly empowered audience within-a-play. They have been led to believe that they will be cast in the film March 9th, 2014 5-8pm The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe on East 3rd St. version. On the gala opening night, with the entire British Royal Family and the Fleet Street media in the audience, the stars learn that they have been de- “We Who Are Bound” ceived. Revenge follows swiftly, as The Three Greats destroy the structure and Multi-Media Group Art Exhibition. Female-identified queer artists who create meaning of the play DURING the performance. work in resistance to body-centered oppression and invisibility. The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art * * * 26 Wooster Street in Soho - June 5 to July 27 LeslieLohman.org Saturday, March 29, 2014 – 3:15 P.M. Save The Date “Messin’ With The Kid” by DUNCAN PFLASTER A young straight man turns to stripping and occasional gay prostitution to sup- The 12TH ANNUAL port his younger brother after their parents die. He tries to shield his brother FRESH FRUIT mainstage FESTIVAL from the darker parts of what he does to survive, but when a rich and decadent john offers more money than they’ve ever seen for a wild weekend, his brother July 8 through 20 may get drawn into the seedier side of life. at THE WILD PROJECT -195 East 3rd Street [ continued inside back cover ].